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Newlyweds at the Pride to Be event on June 25, 2024. Photo: Kyle Lam/HKFP. This report by Hillary Leung was originally published at Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on July 6, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement. The banquet hall in Hong Kong’s Eaton Hotel has seen countless wedding celebrations, but never quite like this: there was not one newlywed couple, there were 10; and the officiant appeared not standing before them, but on a screen via Zoom, her time zone in the US state of Utah putting her 14 hours behind the city. Standing beneath a flower...
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Hong Kong government file image via HKFP. Less than two weeks after a Hong Kong High Court convicted 14 pro-democracy politicians of “conspiracy to commit subversion” in the city’s landmark national security case involving 47 pro-democracy advocates, three overseas judges of the Court of Final Appeal handed in their resignations. As a former British colony, Hong Kong continued adopting the Common Law system after its handover to China in 1997. The appointment of non-permanent judges (NPJs) from other Common Law jurisdictions is a mechanism to ensure the independence of the city’s judiciary und...
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Hong Kong Unison hosts a press briefing on the challenges facing Nepalese youths in the city on June 6, 2024. Photo: Hans Tse/HKFP. Used with permission. This report was written by Hans Tse and originally published in Hong Kong Free Press (HKFP) on May 20, 2024. An edited version is published below as part of a content partnership agreement with HKFP. Approximately one in five Nepalese youths in Hong Kong have been sent to Nepal by their parents, with most being made to go against their will, an NGO has said as it highlighted an alarming student dropout rate among the ethnic minority community...
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